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49y · Male·Complications of metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma
Ahmed Rizk, a 49-year-old man in custody, died from complications of metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma. He presented with abdominal pain and constipation on 10 August 2017, was investigated at Glen Inness District Hospit…
65y · Male·hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating hanging
James Nicholson, aged 65, died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy following a suicide attempt by hanging while an inpatient at Noarlunga Hospital on 18 August 2015. He had undergone extensive facial cancer surgery in …
48y · Male·metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the lung
Jason Simon Morris, a 48-year-old man with a history of heavy smoking and alcohol abuse, was diagnosed with stage four metastatic small cell lung cancer while imprisoned in June 2018. He declined chemotherapy due to feel…
39y · Female·pulmonary thromboembolism due to deep vein thrombosis and sepsis due to pyelonep…
Lorna May Woods, 39, died from pulmonary thromboembolism due to deep vein thrombosis and sepsis secondary to pyelonephritis on a background of metastatic ovarian cancer. She presented to Joondalup Health Campus with uros…
40y · Male·metastatic malignant melanoma
A 40-year-old man with metastatic melanoma died at Queen Elizabeth Hospital on 2 September 2015. He had atypical nevi removed in 2009 and melanoma diagnosed in 2013, initially undergoing surgery with curative intent. How…
74y · Female·complications of metastatic intra abdominal malignancy (unknown primary)
A 74-year-old woman in residential disability care presented with non-specific illness in late August 2017. Following GP consultation, she was admitted to Beechworth Health Service then transferred to Wangaratta Hospital…
46y · Male·Complications of stage 4 colorectal cancer in a man with multiple medical comorb…
Timothy Norton, a 46-year-old man with severe intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, epilepsy and chronic constipation, died from complications of stage 4 colorectal cancer. Cancer was discovered on colonoscopy in June…
79y · Male·Complications associated with metastatic colorectal carcinoma and diabetes melli…
Kenneth Johnstone, a 79-year-old prisoner with extensive comorbidities including metastatic colorectal cancer, diabetes, stage 4 chronic kidney disease, and osteomyelitis, died from cancer complications. He was appropria…
58y · Male·metastatic carcinoma of the pancreas
David Dufty, aged 58, died from metastatic pancreatic cancer while detained under a Mental Health Act treatment order in the ICU of Royal Hobart Hospital. He was admitted with psychosis in December 2016. On 5 January 201…
71y · Male·metastatic caecal adenocarcinoma
Carmelo Disano, a 71-year-old man serving a prison sentence, died from metastatic caecal adenocarcinoma with liver and lung metastases at Long Bay Hospital in November 2015. He was diagnosed with stage IV cancer in Septe…
65y · Male·ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm
A 65-year-old man with recently diagnosed small cell lung cancer presented to a rural hospital with acute back pain. He had a known abdominal aortic aneurysm (73mm) identified on staging scans. The attending nurse docume…
66y · Male·Complications of metastatic colorectal cancer (palliated)
Stephen Ross Wakefield, a 66-year-old man with Fragile X Syndrome and intellectual disability, died from complications of metastatic colorectal cancer receiving palliative care. He was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2015…
49y · Male·Metastatic cholangiocarcinoma
Jamie Walker, a 49-year-old man with pre-existing epilepsy, cirrhosis, and hepatitis C, died in custody from metastatic cholangiocarcinoma. He presented with abdominal pain and leg swelling; initial ED assessment on 19 O…
acute myeloid leukaemia
Four patients with acute myeloid leukaemia died after receiving chemotherapy consolidation therapy that was administered once daily instead of the intended twice daily schedule due to a protocol error. The error originat…
58y · Male·Complications of chemotherapy for the treatment of Hodgkin lymphoma
Mettaloka Halwala, 58, died from complications of bleomycin toxicity during Hodgkin lymphoma chemotherapy. A PET scan on 11 November 2015 showed widespread lung uptake suggestive of bleomycin pneumonitis, but the haemato…
69y · Male·metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the lung with chronic obstructive lung dis…
Barry John Matthews, aged 69, died of metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the lung with chronic obstructive lung disease at an aged care facility while subject to a section 32 detention order. He had undergone chemothe…
67y · Female·metastatic carcinoma of the colon
Lynne Maree Bessell, aged 67, died of metastatic colon cancer at North West Regional Hospital on 13 March 2016. She had a history of bipolar affective disorder managed at the Spencer Clinic and was subject to a mental he…
44y · Male·Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Saker Mohamed, a 44-year-old man serving a custodial sentence, died of Hodgkin's Lymphoma on 31 December 2015 at Long Bay Hospital. He presented with symptoms including lumps under armpits (August), headaches and dizzine…
67y · Male·metastatic prostate cancer
Ian McAuliffe, a 67-year-old man serving a custodial sentence, died from metastatic prostate cancer. The case examined whether his cancer treatment as a prisoner was adequate compared to community care. His oncologist Dr…
62y · Male·Metastatic prostate cancer
Robert Raymond Day, aged 62, died from metastatic prostate cancer while in prison custody. Diagnosed in 2013 with widespread bone, lymph node and liver metastases, he received high-standard palliative and oncological car…
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